South Korea

The 14 months during 2007-2008 that I lived and taught English as a secondary language in South Korea.

The Options theme's new groove

That’s right. I said “new groove.” I thought it’d at least be a catchy post title. So, what’s this all about? The Options WordPress theme is almost out of beta. I’ve foregone some of the planned smaller releases and am jumping ahead to the official release this week. With over … Continue reading →

My future in the WordPress community

I was recently asked to participate along with quite a few other designers in answering a not-so-simple question — Where will WordPress themes go in the future? Ian Stewart put together a panel of leaders in the WordPress theming community to answer this question, and I was happy to participate. … Continue reading →

Is Options another "cookie-cutter" magazine theme?

One of the things I’ve wanted to address is whether the Options theme is just another magazine theme. This theme isn’t meant to be only a magazine theme but a theme for anyone. Did I promote it as a magazine theme? Certainly, at least on the demo page. Magazine-styled themes … Continue reading →

Options WordPress Theme

The Options theme has a new home! Check it out at ThemeHybrid.com! Description: Too many options to count. Download Features I’m not even sure where to begin when I type “features” because it would be a daunting task to type them all out. Here’s some things you can play around … Continue reading →

New "super theme" on the way

If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to lately — like not keeping on a regular blogging schedule — then you should know that I’ve been hard at work on a new WordPress theme. I present to you the Options Theme. Here’s a live demo. What you see there … Continue reading →

Project Community Theme: Design

It’s time for round 2 of the Project Community Theme — the theme where you create the design and I code it. And this time, we’ll discuss design. Put your designer-thinking caps on and get ready to discuss how you want this thing to look. Thus far, I’ve gotten a … Continue reading →

New forums for my site

I finally decided to create a message board for this site, which I’ll mostly use for WordPress theme support. Right now, it’s entirely experimental, and I want to know what you think. Check out the forums. After a lot of nagging from users of the Structure theme and finally getting … Continue reading →

Even Simpler WordPress Contact Form

Are you tired of all the “bells and whistles” of most WordPress contact forms? Are you exhausted from modifying CSS for hours just to get a contact plugin to display with your theme? Try out the Simpler Contact Form for WordPress. This solution was based off my original Simple WordPress … Continue reading →

Custom Fields For Feeds: WordPress Plugin

![WordPress custom fields for feeds“](/user/media/2008/01/custom-feed.gif“ title=“WordPress custom fields for feeds) Description: This puts images or videos into your feeds through the use of custom fields. You can alter the custom field Keys and what is displayed. Version 1.0.1 Beta License: GPL Download Plugin ([download#13#hits]) About this plugin One of the … Continue reading →

How to add videos to your WordPress sidebar

YouTube has become a bit of a phenomenon on the Internet, and everyone’s rushing to embed videos into their blogs. This is actually a fairly neat thing, especially if you blog a lot about videos or have videos that will emphasize the importance of your posts.